单词 | daylighting |
释义 | daylightingn.ΚΠ 1886 A. Reade Norah Moriarty I. p. vi Each local paper giving weekly lists of ‘outrages’, and declaring that ‘The National League is paramount: whenever its mandate or unwritten law is disobeyed, the offender is persecuted to such an extent, life is a weary burden to him or her.’ ‘Daylighting’ now follows ‘moonlighting’. 1894 Daily Tel. 2 Apr. A case of ‘daylighting’ instead of moonlighting has been reported to the local police. 2. Chiefly Architecture. The exploitation of natural light in illuminating the interior of a building, reducing the need for artificial light during the day. Cf. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > daylight > lighting of buildings with daylighting1908 1908 Architect & Engineer Mar. 137 (advt.) Daylighting of the Pacific building accomplished through the medium of Luxfer Prisms. 1937 Archit. Rec. Sept. 111/2 The problem of daylighting is therefore bound up with the problem of heating and it is..desirable to orientate the house so as to obtain the best results for both. 1958 House & Garden Mar. 53/1 Lectures..on..Daylighting and Architecture. 1961 E. A. Powdrill Vocab. Land Planning iii. 32 It is not thought likely that the attainment of good sunlighting will normally demand a more generous spacing than daylighting. 2011 S. Coyle Sustainable & Resilient Communities iii. 78 Architects and..engineers collaborate to maximize energy efficiency in heating and cooling, daylighting, renewable energy, and innovative water strategies. Compounds General attributive (in sense 2), as daylighting provision, daylighting standard, etc. ΚΠ 1909 Sat. Evening Post 8 May 51/2 We multiply daylight many times over. We employ a corps of Daylighting Experts. 1959 Guardian 19 Dec. 2/4 A slab..200 feet high..would infringe daylighting rights in Denman Street. 1961 E. A. Powdrill Vocab. Land Planning iii. 29 Daylighting standards have therefore been devised. 1999 Light & Lighting Dec. 12/1 Daylighting provision is excellent, thanks to a generous floor-to-ceiling height of 2.7 m and the fully-glazed eastern façade. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1886 |
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